Mark 15:6

Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

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In The King James Version

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

In Context

5But Yeshua [Salvation] made no further answer, so that Pilate [Armed with javelin] marveled.

7There was one called Bar-Abba [Son Father], bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said, “Not during the festival of Passover, lest a riot occur among the people.”

Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

John 18:39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews [Praisers]?”

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:2-15

Christ Brought before Pilate. 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But… Read the whole commentary →

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